Budget night last night

I wasn't expecting much for the environment from the federal government Budget announcments last night, and unfortunately I wasn't surprised. Costello is offering rebates of up to $8000 on home solar panels, but since a basic grid-connected system starts at around $15000, we still aren't in the position to come up with the rest of the $7000, and that's for a system that would supply around a third of our current daily needs. To be fair, it is a rebate as opposed to the loan of up to $10,000 the Labor party is offering, but it's only for solar systems: it doesn't include greywater systems or other appliances which is disappointing. Roll on election time...